Sentences with phrase «hoffay held onto his seat»

This combination of a damaged personal brand, a lack of necessary electoral data, and local dissatisfaction over Brexit, meant that Goldsmith faced an uphill battle to hold onto his seat.

A new poll could signal trouble for Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, who is trying to hold onto her seat in a red state that President Trump won by...

Rep. Sam Gejdenson, who had been in the House of Representatives for seven terms, managed to just barely hold onto his seat by a margin of 21 votes.

Hold onto your seat.

That's more than fans will say in St. Louis, according to Michael Morhaus, a CPA who is still holding onto his seat licenses even though his father, upset at the product on the field, got rid of his two years ago.

I look out over Austin as I'm writing about San Francisco but that's how tour is - time just spirals away from you until the best you can do is hold onto your seat and hope that it's a seat on the correct plane at least.

Her predecessor had become known for her local campaigning in the area, holding onto the seat that pundits had, for consecutive elections, forecast to turn blue.

Latimer, a former assemblyman, has been a top target of the Senate Republicans in the past, but has managed to hold onto the seat that he has held since 2012.

Legislator Shawn Doyle denies the charges and continues to serve in office, and he may be able to hold onto that seat regardless of the outcome of the trial.

As discussed above, in Brooklyn's 22nd Senatorial District, Republican Martin J. Golden held onto his seat over challenger Dem James T. Kemmerer.

Despite calls to replace all incumbents regardless of whether they are Democrats or Republicans, Political Analyst Jay Dedapper thinks most of New York's incumbents will hold onto their seats.

Union, WFP and Democratic leaders have been trying to no avail to get Padernacht out of the race, even going so far as to have the New Roosevelt Initiative commissioned a poll that showed Espada was far more likely to hold onto his seat if he faced two challengers rather than just one.

Dohney went on to accuse Hoffman of breaking his word by agreeing to run on Row D even if he didn't get the Republican nod, thereby improving Democratic Rep. Bill Owens» chances of holding onto the seat he won last fall, wresting the district from GOP control for the first time since Reconstruction.

Republican Rep. John Katko, the Central New York freshman who is fighting to hold onto his seat in one of the most competitive House races in the nation, is out with his fourth TV ad, which questions the ability of his opponent, Colleen Deacon, to act independently of the Democratic conference if she's elected in November.

Lewis, who's been dubbed a «mini-Trump» after the GOP presidential nominee, wasn't the party establishment's preferred pick to hold onto the seat being vacated by retiring Rep. John Kline.

«The fact that he actually came out and said he's going to do it is surprising to me, but we believe we're going to hold onto that seat in Democratic hands and we're going to field the strongest candidate for this community.»

As in the local elections, the Tory vote has held up well, but leader Nick Bourne failed to hold onto his seat.

Supervisor Susan Zimet narrowly held onto her seat in Tuesday's election.

(CNN)- Two new polls suggest dead heats in the Senate battles in Colorado and Wisconsin, two states where Democrats are trying to hold onto seats.

If Mayer wins and Democrats hold onto another seat up for special election in the Bronx, where they're heavily favored on Tuesday, they would still need to convince Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn who conferences with the Senate Republicans, to rejoin their conference.

Sen. Mark Grisanti, who is holding onto his seat by a thread afetr losing the GOP primary in September, has called for a four - way pre-general election debate in the 60th SD.

They very much want to hold onto this seat — really, they need to retain if if they are to have any shot at taking back the majority.

This might be the party's last chance to defeat Gillibrand, as most agree the longer she holds onto the seat, the less likely she is to lose it.

I hope O'Malley holds onto the seat.

In addition to facing prison time, the conviction means Mr. Silver has been automatically expelled from the State Assembly, where he'd held onto his seat even after giving up his leadership position earlier this year.

Ward 2: Two - term incumbent Democrat Tom Hoffay held onto his seat by a 294 - 202 margin over GOP challenger Seth Allen.

Veteran Democrat town clerk Rosaria Peplow held onto her seat by a large margin, as did Republican councilman and deputy supervisor Jeff Paladino and Democratic highway superintendent Richie Klotz.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna said Thursday that Cazenovia businessman Steve Wells is the best chance Republicans have to hold onto his seat in Congress when he retires at the end of the year.

«He held onto his seat in a GOP wave, sure, but a lot of people did,» one national Democratic operative said.

As part of our ongoing «Congressional Battleground» series here at CapTon, I sat down earlier today with Rep. Scott Murphy, the incumbent Democrat in NY - 20 who is trying to hold onto the seat he won in a special election following the elevation of Kirsten Gillibrand to the US Senate by Gov. David Paterson last January.

A similar corruption case was brought little more than three months ago against Assembly man Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan), who resigned his post as speaker but held onto his seat.

And Carl Paladino, the former Republican gubernatorial candidate with whom the board's majority typically sides, narrowly held onto his seat by a margin of just 107 votes against union - supported high school student Austin Harig, according to preliminary numbers.

Republican Supervisors held onto their seats in Brookhaven and Smithtown.

A Democratic incumbent state senator held onto his seat in July, and two other Democrats will be on the ballot August 16th.

Some Democrats had expressed concern to the Observer that Ms. Harris would be unable to hold onto the seat in the higher turnout regular election next year, with potential challenges from a white Democrat or white Republican.

In January, Grodenchik sent members a letter reminding them to reapply if they want to hold onto their seats.

Marshall, trying to hold onto his seat representing Prince William County, southwest of Washington, repeatedly referred to Roem with male pronouns.

Political analysts have said it might be an uphill climb for the Democrats to hold onto the seat that Obama vacated when he became president last year.

Their numbers were previously boosted by the defection of two sitting UKIP councillors whose four - year terms were coming to an end; they held onto their seats in these areas whilst also gaining a seat from UKIP and another from an independent in Rugeley, leaving them with four net gains.

Supervisor Rob Stanley, council member Vincent Bernstein, and highway supervisor Eric Hofmeister will hold onto their seats.

But even Rangel has acknowledged that he will likely have to give up most of Manhattan if he wants to hold onto his seat.

It's make or break for Labour in this week's Crewe by - election as the party faces an uphill battle to hold onto the seat.

I thought the Tories were 55/45 % favourites to win last week but after the by - election in the neighbouring seat where the Tory won well with a v big swing, I can not see Thomas holding onto his seat and would rate CON as 80 % likliehood.

Burley had only a short Parliamentary career, standing down in 2015 following criticism for attending a stag party where guests dressed in Nazi uniform, but the Conservatives managed to hold onto the seat without him in 2015.

He explains his plan at a Web site, specterforthecure.com, that also urges visitors to contribute to his election campaign — he's facing a difficult primary battle to hold onto his seat in 2010.

Without a paper trail to follow, the matter was left to the courts and Buchanan held onto the seat.

In Kentucky, a coal state that just elected Ayn Randian ubermensch Rand Paul to the Senate, Rep. John Yarmuth (D) and Rep. Ben Chandler (D) both voted for the bill and held onto their seats.

Boucher aside, there are plenty of counter-examples: In Kentucky, a coal state that just elected Ayn Randian ubermensch Rand Paul to the Senate, Rep. John Yarmuth (D) and Rep. Ben Chandler (D) both voted for the bill and held onto their seats.

If you're a blush addict, then hold onto your seats, because these babies are so pretty!

And hold onto your seat.